The Worst Driving Habits With Each Type Of Transmission, Explained

Here’s an interesting breakdown of how bad habits can break your car, and how they change depending on whether you’re driving with a manual, automatic, CVT or dual-clutch transmission. Jason Fenske has been doing a great job of conceptualizing how various parts of cars work on his YouTube channel ....

Sep 12, 2025

The Little Engine That Couldn't: My Worst Day On The Road

It had somehow narrowed down to hours, how I was measuring time. It wasn’t a question of days or weeks anymore. I was doing hour and mile calculations to see if I’d make it back in New York by the time I needed to be back for work. And stuck...

Sep 12, 2025

World's Most Rust-Tacular Buick Gets Hacked Out Of Bush, Mated To Corvette

Hack some rusty cool car out of an overgrown junkyard, then affix all the cool body stuff to a somewhat usable frame. It’s a dream I’ve always wanted to follow and it’s exactly what Roadkill did with what might be the world’s worst Buick and an also-horrible ‘70s Corvette. They...

Sep 12, 2025

All The Gross Toxic Automotive Chemicals I’m Pretty Sure I’ve Ingested

My racecar was built with . Hot, gooey, spicy, finger-lickin’-good burritos. It’s easy to eat with your hands when you’re busy, and easier yet when the closest fast-ish food to your project car is a . How can something so wholesome, cheesy and good be the likely end of me?...

Sep 12, 2025

Mixing Too Many Plasti Dips Accidentally Made This Amazing New Green

“Plasti Dip” and its other-brand equivalents are sprayable removable rubberizing coatings that have become a popular way to customize cars. It sort of holds like a vinyl wrap paint, but mixes a little like paint. This gives you a lot of room for experimentation, which worked out pretty well here....

Sep 12, 2025

How They Really Pulled Off This 'Duct Tape Roll Cage' Stunt

We just saw video of a car hurled off a cliff with a roll cage held together by duct tape. The results weren’t pretty. Then you see the same stunt again, using a cage made with a multipurpose repair material called “FiberFix” which the video’s advertising. It survives the fall!...

Sep 12, 2025

Check Out All Of The Dead Filth In The Body Panels Of This Old Truck

The 1970's were a simpler time, friends. And cars just didn’t get put together to the exacting standards we (for the most part) see today. Check out what’s really under the skin of this “rust-free” barn find classic. Facebook group member Steve shared his experience and why you should check...

Sep 12, 2025

This Is What It Looks Like When An Aston Martin V12 Grenades Itself

There’s a certain amount of cringe factor when it comes to expensive things meeting their end in an undignified way. It’s the train wreck that you would never wish on your worst enemy, but for some reason, can never look away from. Case in point: this Aston Martin V12 that...

Sep 12, 2025

See The Real-World Top Speed Of A Cheap BMW M3 With Over 130,000 Miles

The is a fantastic and attainable enthusiast’s car. Good performance, looks, and according to this owner a factory-claimed official top speed of 155.3 mph. How close do you think it can get to that after 20 years and 130,000 miles? We salivate over the specs automakers slap on our vehicles....

Sep 12, 2025

I Don't Know Exactly How This 2007 BMW 116i Hatchback Is For Sale In America But OK

The BMW 1 Series hatchback is near the top of my “forbidden foreign fruit” car list. For two generations now, it’s offered hatch practicality with manual gearboxes, potent four- and six-cylinder generations and glorious rear-wheel drive. What’s not to love? Problem is, it was never sold in America—but this one...

Sep 12, 2025

This Is What A Thoroughly Broken Manual Transmission Looks Like Inside

Yesterday, I found out what happens when water gets into the oil of a manual transmission. It’s bad. Very bad. A few months ago, I , a 1948 Willys CJ-2A. The Jeep ran and drove, so I thought I was in the clear. But then I went to drain the...

Sep 12, 2025

See What Really Makes High-Performance Shocks Better

You know that shocks are what control how your car rides, but what’s actually going on inside the tube of a high-performance off-road shock? I took some apart and put them back together (with some engineers who know what they’re doing) to find out. Let’s go ahead and skip over...

Sep 12, 2025

That Sketchy 2007 BMW 116i Hatchback For Sale In The U.S. Got Even Sketchier

Last weekend, that cropped up on —a 2007 BMW 116i hatchback from Scotland that couldn’t exactly prove it got to the U.S. legally. Thanks to some detective work from the community, the listing has now been withdrawn. Who doesn’t want a manual BMW 1-Series hatchback with (American) unicorn status? The...

Sep 12, 2025

I'm A City-Bound Writer With A Thirst For Adventure: What Car Should I Buy?

Rose is a thirtysomething from Brooklyn who is the Director of Strategy and Marketing for, a site dedicated to getting people to go out and explore the world and report back on what they find. In order to live her company’s mission, she wants an affordable and reasonably reliable car...

Sep 12, 2025

How To Perfectly Detail Your Lamborghini Countach

Oh, damn, you think to yourself as you check your calendar, tea in hand, the Concours is coming up, and I don’t know how to detail my Countach. Not just any slapdash, there-I-did-it detail, either. It’s gotta be perfect. Because you’re bringing your car to a place where lots of...

Sep 12, 2025